Sequence of Events
Sequence of Events 1. In the kingdom of air, all thingsare braided. The air is passed between uslike a thread. The air is passed from plantsto us like a thread.…
Firstborn
Firstbornfor Stella I meet you in a doorway and invite you inside meto dance in every room I have wept in.Rooms the shape and texture of my mother’s womb,a galaxy,…
I’m a Bitch
I’m a BitchThere are menin this countrywho own grayties. This dogis named afteryour mother.You namedthis dog.I’m a bitch, butI’m also a cunt.Some men thinkI own too manypants. Whatcan I say?I…
Manipulative Man of Slightly Below-Average Intelligence Who Traveled to Florida So He Could Be Executed for Killing Women Did What He Intended
Manipulative Man of Slightly Below-Average Intelligence Who Traveled to Florida So He Could Be Executed for Killing Women Did What He IntendedAsk anyone. This place will get to you:the beaches, the sun,…
Four Seasonal Recipe Pairings
by Patty Paine
Patty Paine's poem, "Museums of Echoes," is strongly seasonal, and for the editors, seasons are so strongly tied into emotion and memory and being human and food. We asked Patty…
Puzzling Through the Boundaries of Genre
with Priscilla Atkins
We love work that is outside of traditional forms. When you submitted this work, you marked it as "Genreless." Can you tell us a little bit about how you…
Exploring Function and Voice with Katherine Ann Davis
This is very much a story about what it means to have a home, and what it can feel like trying to find one. So what do you think are…
Ritualization and Diversion with Richard Risemberg
In “Limes,” there’s something meditative about the pacing, the delicate treatment of the sentences matching the delicate treatment of the limes themselves. Can you tell me what your process was…
Writing Through Grief and Memory with Mollie Sullivan
In “Tom Is Dead,” there’s a tension between how you remember Tom, using a sort of aside to capture his memory, and how you imagine Tom to be feeling in…